Tylan Grant

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Tylan Grant
Born
Talia Grant

2001or2002(age 22–23) [1]
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Television Hollyoaks
Parent(s) David Grant
Carrie Grant
Relatives Olive Gray (sibling)

Tylan Grant (born 2001 or 2002) is an English actor, known for playing Phoenix Hathaway in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . For his role as Phoenix/Brooke, Grant was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2019 British Soap Awards, as well as Celebrity of the Year at the 2019 National Diversity Awards.

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Early and personal life

Tylan Grant was born Talia Vanessa Grant in 2002 in London, to parents David and Carrie Grant. [2] [3] Grant also has three siblings; Olive, Arlo and Nathan. [4]

Grant was diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder in 2009, at the age of seven, and has spoken about the difficulties he faced while attending school, due to there being little awareness on the syndrome at the time. [5] In a piece for i newspaper, Grant stated that teachers did not believe that he was autistic, and that nobody at school understood him. He also wrote: "I was scared of loud noises, terrified of certain subjects, I wasn't sure how to make friends or how to keep friendships going, how to cope when I was teased about my afro hair, or how to eat next to someone who sneezed." [6] Grant's mother Carrie revealed that when he was younger, Grant was "really badly bullied to the point where it made [him] mentally ill" and that he was "unable to escape the bullies". Father David added that Grant was hospitalised for mental health issues caused by the bullying, which transformed into cyber bullying while Grant was in hospital. [1] Grant also has dyscalculia, [7] is a trans man [8] and uses he/him pronouns. [9]

Career

Grant made his professional acting debut in an episode of the CBBC sitcom So Awkward as Greta Masters. [10] Then in 2018, he was cast in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Brooke Hathaway, making his first appearance on 10 July 2018. [11] Grant is the first BAME actor to play an autistic character on a television series. [5] Grant appeared on Loose Women , where he explained that he is different to Brooke, since they have different forms of autism. He added how exciting it was to represent autism. [12] In 2020, Grant's parents appeared in the soap as Mal and Zoe, the adoptive parents of Brooke's newborn child. [13] In 2023, after he had transitioned to a trans man, Hollyoaks changed his character's name to Phoenix, which Grant appreciated. [14]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 So Awkward Greta MastersEpisode: "Space Over"
2018–2024 Hollyoaks Phoenix Hathaway Regular role
2018 Loose Women HimselfGuest appearance
2019 Good Morning Britain HimselfGuest appearance
2019 This Morning HimselfGuest appearance

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2018 Digital Spy Reader AwardsBest NewcomerEighth [15]
2019 The British Soap Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [16] [17]
2019 Inside Soap Awards Best Young ActorLonglisted [18]
2019 National Diversity Awards Celebrity of the YearNominated [5]

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  8. ↑ "watching one of the biggest trans celebrity out there getting crazy amounts of rude comments on their face and body is crazy depressing to watch as a trans guy :/ idk i had hope for a second". Twitter.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Grant, Tylan [@tylangrant] (9 January 2023). "interesting how when i had they/them pronouns it was "too hard" for people to understand and use but now that my pronouns are he/him almost everyone EXCLUSIVELY uses they/them for me…?????" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 January 2023– via Twitter.
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